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Efflo had never been a very good student, there always seemed to be some good reason to blow off classes and homework. Sometimes the reason wasn’t even good, he just didn’t feel like it. Laying out in the meadow by the lake, soaking up the pumpkin sun, seemed much more fun than being stuck indoors, pouring over books. And now that he had Gabby as an excuse, it was far too tempting to avoid his studies altogether in favor of spending every waking moment with the boil.

So he’d trudged to the library one morning, to work on his homework for Professor Selene’s class. The horse dragged his feet as much as possible, even though no one was around to see it; he was never one to not make his displeasure known. By the time he finally sat down at a table and fanned out his paper and pens, all prepared for to get down to work… He found he didn’t want to focus at all.

Efflo pulled out his skellyphone, pushing at the buttons idly. I’ll just text Gabriel, he thought, let him know where I am. Then straight to work!



He put the phone away, and stared at the blank page in front of him with as much concentration as he could muster. Maybe if he stared at it long enough, it would write itself. Maybe... He just needed some help. Yes, that was it, he was sure of it.




Meeting up at the library didn't sound like a very tempting offer, he had to admit but he hoped the wink-face and heart would help. Add a little mystery and intrigue to the hopelessly boring setting, or something. Okay, now he was definitely going to put the phone down, and get started. Right now. Yep. He chewed on the end of his pen, deep in thought.

He hastily texted him back.

It really was impossible for Gabby to make a quiet entrance. Efflo’s ears flicked forward when he heard someone clatter in, disregarding the librarian assistant’s shushing. He smiled, not even having to look up to know just exactly who would have the audacity to ignore the rules. He glanced at Gabby, grinning that he seemed to be a little flustered. Efflo realized he was still chewing on end of his pen, and took this opportunity to make the most of the situation.

“Cut it a little close, didn’t you? …That would have been a shame, don’t you think?” he cooed innocently, sliding the object around in his mouth.

Then he was done, setting the pen down as he shifted his papers like nothing had happened. Back to work. He smirked to himself, before glancing over at his boilfriend again.

“So, do you remember what scared the humans? I sort of forgot to watch their reactions.” Mostly because his eyes had been closed in fright. There was also a short period he'd missed at the beginning that he blamed Gabby for entirely.

Efflo glared. “You are the biggest che…” He paused for a split second, knowing that sarcasm wasn’t going to get him the answers her wanted. He needed to change tactics.

“I mean, of course you were paying attention,” he smiled through gritted teeth. “You’re so tough, I bet you didn’t miss a second. I’m not nearly as tough as you though… And I know you wouldn’t dream of cheating, but maybe you could help me out, just a little? I was so scared; I had to hide behind you the whole time. My big strong boilfriend.”

Efflo smiled again sweetly. Then, uncertain it would work seeing as he was a terrible liar, the smile disappeared and the glare returned.

“Also, you know, I can revoke sex privileges at any time. Just something to consider.”

Efflo gave a sharp snort of laughter at Gabby’s warning. “As…” He lowered his voice, noticing the intense glare he was getting from the librarian’s assistant. “As if. You wouldn’t last a day.”

He smirked, picking up his pencil and jotting down what Gabby had said. He vaguely wondered if the dragon was teasing him again but when he realized that all three of those things scared him, Gabby probably wasn’t lying. Probably. He looked down at the few sentences he had managed to muster up. How in Halloween was he going come up with 500 words?

“Okay, that's great, thank-you! …Now what else?”

He pulled his faced away, waggling a finger at Gabby. “Uh-uh, no touching. Gee, you sure are off to a lousy start. How many points is that for me?”

Efflo had to bite his lip to keep from giggling, quite pleased with himself. He stupidly had yet to realize the true repercussions of initiating such a competition, or just how serious Gabby was. He waved his hand at him dismissively.

“Besides, you’re not the only one who waited forever. A couple centuries is nothing.”

He glared back.

“I won’t be crying. That was a one-time thing. Besides, I’m currently winning so, hah.”

Efflo stuck his tongue out at the boil, and then shifted in his chair, getting comfortable as he turned back to the paper at hand. His ears were pointed in Gabby’s direction, listening and gratefully writing down what he had missed. He added as much useless jargon as he could, trying to pad it up to the required amount of words. As usual, however, his attention drifted and his gaze slid over to Gabby, watching him ‘read’. He was fairly certain page turning didn’t require quite so much licking. Not that he could complain, Gabby was so handsome, and he knew firsthand what that tongue could-

“Wait, did you say permanently?”